Luna with no child

CRYSTAL POV

I was shocked into numb silence, my heart raced and was aching, I could feel the heat rise to my throat, and the burning desire to bury my face in my hands and cry so hard urged me. But I had to put myself together, I wouldn’t let them see me fall apart, not now, not ever.

What will become of a Luna with no child… It's been years!

Their words kept echoing in my head… rewinding over and over and over again, with their croaky voices, and old grumbles that stabbed through my heart like a silver arrow.

Ridiculous… she’s cursed… she can’t even bear a child, a son is overrated.

Everything they were saying became inaudible, and I could only hear my own heartbeat pounding endlessly in my chest. I looked at the elders of the pack around the room, all taunting me, it made me feel sick. I felt dizzy and couldn’t stand the torture any more.

“That’s enough!” Scott yelled, shutting them up angrily, he grimaced, then met my gaze. And his eyes were apologetic.

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